Short dance, at least the Gators weren’t the first team eliminated, thank you Notre Dame.

What do you want Gator basketball fans? We still have 2 titles in the past 5 seasons. Gators are 12-1 in the tourney their past 13 games and that was a 2-OT loss. Not cheering you up yet?

Here are some hard facts: Florida had 2 chances to win the game, one at the end of regulation and the second at the end of overtime with just a pathetic attempt, i guess you could call that a shot?! Dan Werner looked like he was in better position for the block, guess we should have informed him he was on offense.

Tim Tebow threw today at pro day and reports are he did fine. His motion was better but it wasn’t a huge overhaul according to reports. I wasn’t there so I won’t even try to evaluate him. One former NFL scout, Daniel Jeremiah, brought up an interesting point today saying “Tebow pro day should be interesting but I don’t know one NFL scout/coach/exec that hasn’t made up his mind one way or the other.” Meaning, the minds of the NFL have already been made up, the jury is back and teams either like him or not regardless of what he did today. Jeremiah also had this to say about Joe Haden on twitter: “The Browns have to be stoked that Haden ran this well… He looks like an appealing option for them at 7. Scouts had Spikes at 4.94 and Haden at 4.42.” By the way if you are really into football and most of you are check out Jeremiah’s website: http://www.movethesticks.com. This guy is plugged into the NFL and he is a wealth of information.

There are 3 seasons in the SEC football world: Football season, recruiting season and spring football season. The Florida Gators begin their Spring Season this Wednesday in Gainesville for the first time in 4 years without Tim Tebow. That is not the biggest story though, Urban Meyer is now priority number one for the Gator Nation. All Gator fans can breath a little easier knowing that Urban Meyer will be back on the sidelines for spring practice. He’s had some time off since recruiting ended in early February and the indications are his doctors have given him good reports on his health. Among the hot issues for Florida this spring is the QB position and the emergence of John Brantley. He has huge shoes to fill and although the Gator Nation should not be looking for Brantley to be another Tebow they should expect a QB with a lot of great potential and a even though he’s young will little game experience he will be a redshirted Junior with 3 seasons of under his belt. Wide receiver will be another hotly contested roster spot as will filling some big holes on defense where the Gators lost a lot of bodies and leadership to graduation and the NFL draft. One more thing to look out for, as if you needed more, the Gator defense will have a new defensive coordinator in Teryl Austin taking over for Charlie Strong who left to become the head coach of the University of Louisville. Spring ball starts Wednesday with the culmination coming in the Orange and Blue game April 10th.